Kathy Bates
Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actress and director. She has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she studied theatre at the Southern Methodist University before moving to New York City to pursue an acting career. She landed minor stage roles before being cast in her first on screen role in Taking Off (1971). Her first Off-Broadway stage performance was in the 1976 production of Vanities. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, she continued to perform on screen and on stage, and garnered a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Play in 1983 for her performance in 'night, Mother, and won an Obie Award in 1988 for her performance in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. Bates' performance as Annie Wilkes in the tense psychological thriller Misery (1990) marked her Hollywood breakthrough, winning her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Further acclaim came for her starring role in Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Waterboy (1998), and supporting roles in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) and Titanic (1997). Bates received subsequent Oscar nods in the Best Supporting Actress category for her work in Primary Colors (1998), About Schmidt (2002), and Richard Jewell (2019). Bates' television work has resulted in 14 Emmy Award nominations, including two for her leading role on the NBC series Harry's Law (2011–12). She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her appearance on the ninth season of Two and a Half Men (2012) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her portrayal of Delphine LaLaurie on the third season of American Horror Story (2013). She also received accolades for her portrayal of Miss Hannigan in the 1999 television adaptation of Annie. Her directing credits include several episodes of the HBO television series Six Feet Under (2001–03) and the television film Ambulance Girl (2005). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kathy Bates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Misery
as Annie WilkesAfter stalking and saving the life of her favorite fiction author in a car accident, his manic...
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101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later....
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Richard Jewell
as Bobi JewellRichard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a...
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Bee Movie
as Janet Benson (voice)Barry B. Benson, a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career...
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Midnight in Paris
as Gertrude SteinA romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party...
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The Highwaymen
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The Blind Side
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Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers...
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American Outlaws
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Charlotte's Web
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Fred Claus
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Revolutionary Road
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Dolores Claiborne
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Diabolique
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The Golden Compass
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Dragonfly
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Rat Race
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The Miracle Club
as Eileen DunneThree close friends who have never left the outskirts of Dublin (much less Ireland) get the...
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Around the World in 80 Days
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White Palace
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Valentine's Day
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About Schmidt
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The Boss
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Personal Effects
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North
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Annie
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Straight Time
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Fried Green Tomatoes
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Primary Colors
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Tammy
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Chéri
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Love Liza
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On the Basis of Sex
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Boychoir
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Warm Springs
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Complete Unknown
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
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A Civil Action
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Angus
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Bad Santa 2
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Relative Strangers
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A Little Bit of Heaven
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Bonneville
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Failure to Launch
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Unconditional Love
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Rumor Has It...
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Taking Off
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The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
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You May Not Kiss the Bride
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Krystal
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Little Black Book
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Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
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Shadows and Fog
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Bruno
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Guilty Hearts
as The JudgeOver the course of this drama's six separate stories, a variety of couples struggle with the...
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Home
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Two of a Kind
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The Late Shift
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The Great Gilly Hopkins
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Prelude to a Kiss
as Leah BlierA couple fall in love despite the girl's pessimistic outlook. As they struggle to come to terms...
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Swept from the Sea
as Miss SwafferThe film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall...
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And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND...
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Johnny Bull
as Katherine KovacsAn English girl comes to America to join her American husband in a Pennsylvania coal town in the...
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Summer Heat
as RuthThe young wife of a tobacco farmer falls in love with their handsome hired hand.
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Hostages
as Peggy SayTrue account of the six men held hostage by religious extremists in Beirut during the...
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Murder Ordained
as Bobbi BirkThis is the story of a minister who's feeling unhappy in his marriage who then has an affair...
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The Morning After
as Woman on Mateo StreetFailed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not...
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High Stakes
as JillA New York hooker tries to keep her daughter out of the clutches of the mobsters she works for.
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Arthur loses his fortune for staying with Linda, right as the two were preparing to adopt a...
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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
as Narrator (voice)Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with...
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My Best Friend Is a Vampire
as Helen BlakeShortly after high school student Jeremy Capello goes on a hot date, he finds he can't stand...
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Ambulance Girl
as Jane SternThe story revolves around former food writer, Jane Stern, and how she conquered clinical...
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Used People
as Bibby BermanAt her husband's funeral, Pearl, Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets...
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A Home of Our Own
as Frances LaceyIn 1960s Los Angeles an energetic widow and her six children try to make a dream of theirs come...
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Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
as Siren / Sea Hag (voice)Popeye, Olive and Bluto head out to find Popeye's long lost Pappy.
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Thelma
as ThelmaFollows John Kennedy Toole's mother, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of A Confederacy of...
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Baby Steps
as Mrs. MellonBaby Steps depicts the encounter of a single gay school teacher with a midwestern adoption agent.
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as The MarquesaThe Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel, first published in...
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Christmas Is Here Again
as Miss Dowdy (voice)When the evil Krad steals Santa's toy bag, he crushes the holiday spirit- and over time, the...
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Men Don't Leave
as Lisa ColemanA widowed mother and her two sons move to Baltimore and struggle to adjust to urban life,...
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The War at Home
as Maurine CollierJeremy Collier is a Vietnam veteran who has returned home and is struggling to cope with the war...
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Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage)Hopkins’ career has spanned several decades, which is why we will also use many interviews that...
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Reflections on Titanic
as SelfAn enthralling and fast-paced four-part documentary feature that covers the making of one of the...
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Tupperware!
as NarratorThe remarkable story of Earl Silas Tupper, an ambitious but reclusive small-town inventor, and...
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Curse of the Starving Class
as Ella TateCurse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family...
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Declaration of Independence
as SelfFamous actors and actresses read the declaration of independence of the USA.
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At Play in the Fields of the Lord
as Hazel QuarrierMartin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of...
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Signs of Life
as Mary Beth AlderThe closing of a small shipbuilder in New England places stresses on the people involved.
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Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
as Stella MaeOn the 20th anniversary of his death, the members of a James Dean fanclub gather at a...
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The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
as SelfA documentary reflecting on women in film and the entertainment industry through the ages led...
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No Place Like Home
as Bonnie CooperA Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where...
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My Sister's Keeper
as Christine ChapmanTwo sisters take a journey of discovery and reconciliation based on the memoirs of Margaret...
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Roe vs. Wade
as JessieHolly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no...
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The West Side Waltz
as Mr. GooMargaret keeps her neighbours at a distance and avoids contact except with Cara. She enjoys her...
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Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
as Frances Marion (voice)From 1915-1939, Frances Marion was one of the most powerful talents in the movie industry. In...
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Misery Loves Company
as SelfA documentary presenting the behind the scenes of Rob Reiner's classic "Misery", with Reiner...
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Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
as HerselfA eulogy for the groundbreaking HBO series.
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Hansel and Gretel
as Narrator (voice)The classic story of a woodcutter's two lost children, who find a house in the forest made of...
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The Daily Show
as SelfThe World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
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The Office
as Jo BennettThe everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional...
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American Dad!
as D.O. Rothy (voice)The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three...
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as SelfThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...
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American Horror Story
as Delphine LaLaurieAn anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a...
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American Horror Story
as Ethel DarlingAn anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a...
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American Horror Story
as IrisAn anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a...
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American Horror Story
as Agnes Mary Winstead / Thomasin 'The Butcher' WhiteAn anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a...
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American Horror Story
as Miriam Mead / Delphine LaLaurieAn anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a...
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Two and a Half Men
as Charlie HarperA hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and...
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King of the Hill
as Patrol Officer Jane Cooper (voice)Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives...
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The Love Boat
as Sally AllisonPassengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...
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L.A. Law
as Charlotte HaleyL.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...
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3rd Rock from the Sun
as Charlotte Everly3rd Rock from the Sun is an American sitcom that aired from 1996 to 2001 on NBC. The show is...
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The Big Bang Theory
as Mrs. FowlerPhysicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj...
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Six Feet Under
as BettinaWhen death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of...
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Lip Sync Battle
as SelfEach episode features two A-list celebrities like you've never seen them before - syncing their...
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Mike & Molly
as KayA comedy about a working class Chicago couple who find love at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting.
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St. Elsewhere
as uncreditedSt. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from...
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FEUD
as Joan BlondellAnthology series of famous feuds with the first season based on the legendary rivalry between...
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The Oscars
as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
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American Experience
as Narrator (voice)TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform...
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The Stand
as Rae FlowersAfter a deadly plague kills most of the world’s population, the remaining survivors split into...
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Great Performances
as SelfThe best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...
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The View
as SelfABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...
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Chelsea
as SelfIt's not her first talk show, but it is a first of its kind. Ideas, people and places that...
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Cagney & Lacey
as uncreditedMary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing...
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Harry's Law
as Harriet HarryHarriet, Matthew and Malcolm couldn't be any more different, but when they cross paths, they...
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China Beach
as uncreditedDateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Christine ChapmanHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
as Narrator (Voice)Actress Shelley Duvall presents charming animated versions of some of the most beloved...
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Stand Up to Cancer
as SelfA biennial charitable telethon bringing together all the networks and the biggest stars in...
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Disjointed
as RuthPot activist Ruth Whitefeather Feldman runs a medical marijuana dispensary while encouraging her...
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Alice
as Queen of HeartsAlice Hamilton, a fiercely independent twenty-something, watches as her lover Jack Chase is...
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Inside the Actors Studio
as SelfJames Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for...
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Murder Ordained
as Bobbi BirkMurder Ordained is a television miniseries which originally aired for CBS in 1987, starring...
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Matlock
as Madeline MatlockAfter achieving success in her younger years, the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock...
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